NEW YORK — The EMT who was suspended for stopping to help a choking girl while on another call didn’t return to work.
Qwasie Reid was asked to return to work after serving a one-day suspension, News 12 Brooklyn reported.
Reid said he didn’t return to work because he wants to seek legal representation in the matter.
The EMT was suspended for stopping after he and his partner were flagged down in front of a school where a 7-year-old was choking on Oct. 21. Reid is alleged to have left his partner and patient to ride in another ambulance with the child.
Assist Ambulance, the EMS agency Reid works for, said he wasn’t suspended for stopping to save the girl. He was suspended for not returning to his ambulance after other medics arrived to assist the girl. He also didn’t complete an incident report and a patient care report.
Noelia Echavarria, the girl Reid stopped to assist, was declared brain dead Oct. 21 and died Friday.